Reversible curtain



July 27, 1943. F, s, NICHOLS 2,325,420

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Patented july 27, 1943 omrso STATES mm T ,QFFICE REVERSIBLE CURTAlNFrederick s. Nichols, Meli'osc, Mass. Application July 22, 1942',- seraiNs. 451,318 9 Claims. (01. 160--330) The invention relates toreversible curtains of the type having rod-receiving pockets at bothends so that either end may be used as the top or bottom of a curtain.

It is the primary aim and metro: the present invention to provide acurtain of this type whose endsare-identically constructed, yet have analtogether different appearance when the curtain hangs, so that anobserver will never suspect the reversibility of the curtain.

It is a more specific object of the present invention to provide acurtain of the above type the upper pocket of which shows and the lowerpocket of which is completely hidden from view regardless of how thecurtain is hung, thereby obliterating all indications that the curtainis reversible.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention, together with meanswhereby the latter may be carried into effect will best be understoodfrom the following description of an illustrative embodiment shown inthe accompanying drawing: in which,

Fig. 1 is a front view of a curtain embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the reference numeral l0 designates the bodyof a curtain which may be of any suitable material such as lace, forinstance. The upper and lower margins or ends l2 of the curtain body areturned back and sewed in place by lines of stitching l4 and I6 to formidentical open-ended pockets I8 through either one of which may bepassed a curtain rod 26, depending on which end of the curtain is usedas the top. Attached to the outer ends of the pockets l8, preferably bythe lines of stitching I6, are outwardly projecting ruffles 22 which eX-tend throughout the length of these pockets. Also attached to thecurtain body and more particularly to the inner ends of the pockets !8,preferably by the lines of stitching I I, are outwardly projectingrufiles 24 which extend throughout the length of these pockets andpreferably continue along one or both side edges of the curtain body.

When the curtain is hung from the curtain rod 20, the lower ruffles 22and 24 droop or fall naturally as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, whilethe upper ruffles 22 and 24 assume a different relative disposition.Thus, the upper outer rufile 22 has a natural tendency to remain more orless erect due to the staying action of the curtain rod on the adjacentpleats 26 of this ruflle and the unhindered course of the looseundulations of the latter to both sides of the curtain body. Hence, evenif the upper outer rune ZZ of the. hanging curtain is patted downsomewhat "by hand, if thi is desired, the'same'will notreadily droopbeyond the inclination-shown in Fig. Zarid will gejnerally not concealanydpart of the upper pocket I 8 from view. The upper inner rufiie will,on the other hand, generally droop substantially in the manner indicatedin Figs. 1 and 2, and not conceal the upper pocket [8, because theundulations of this rufiie are confined to one side of the curtain bodyand its pleats 28 are not in any way stayed by the curtain rod. Theinner ruiiles 24 are preferably of larger width than the pockets It sothat the lower one of these ruffles covers the lower pocket l8substantially in the manner indicated in Fig. 1.

It is-evident that th different appearance of the ruflles 22 and 24 atthe top and bottom of the curtain not only conceals the reversibility ofthe curtainbut even strongly suggests that the same 'is not reversible.This suggestion of no reversibility is even enhanced when the lowerinner rufile 24 completely covers or hides the lower pocket 18 as shownin Fig. 1. Of course, when the curtain is reversed, the ruiiles at thetop and bottom thereof will of themselve assume the general relativedisposition shown in Fig. 1, and any patting of the same by hand, whilecorrective, will not amount to a reorganization of these rufllessubstantially different from that shown in Fig. 1.

While the preceding description had to do with a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, it is obvious that numerous modifications suggestthemselves which fall fully within the scope of the present invention.For instance, one of the outer ruiiies 22 may be dispensed with, inwhich casethe bottom pocket would always be covered by the adjacentinner ruffle' and the top and bottom of the curtain would always have adifferent appearance regardless of how the-cur- 'tain is hung, thuscarrying the deception of the reversible curtain very far. Also, therufiles which flank the pockets IE on both sides may project indiiferent directions, since they cause the pockets, if exposed to view,to appear as mere continuations of the curtain body beyond the innerruflles 24 and thus accomplish the desired deception.

I claim:

1. A curtain. having rod-receiving pockets at both ends, and rufiesextending along the top and bottom respectively, of a pocketsubstantially throughout the length thereof.

2. A curtain having rod-receiving pockets at both ends, and rufilesprojecting from the top and bottom, respectively, of each pocket andextending substantially throughout the length of the latter. 1

3. A curtain having rod-receiving pockets at both ends, and rufflesprojecting outwardly from the top and bottom, respectively, of eachpocket and extending substantially throughout the length of the latter.

4. A curtain having rod-receiving pockets at both ends, and rufilesprojecting outwardly from the top and bottom, respectively, of eachpocket and extending substantially throughout the length of the latter,the inner ruffles being of a width to substantially cover the adjacentpockets, respectively.

5. A curtain comprising a body, rod-receiving pockets at both ends ofsaid body, end rufiies projecting from the top and bottom, respectively,of each pocket and extendingsubstantially throughout thelength of thelatter, and at least one side rufiie on said body joiningan end ruffieat each end of the said body. I

v6. A curtain comprising a bod rod-receiving pockets at both ends ofsaid body, end ruffles projecting outwardly from the top and bottom,respectively, of each pocket and extending substantially throughout thelength of the latter, and at least one side rufiie on said bodyprojecting outwardly therefrom and joining an end ruflle at each end ofsaid body.

'7. A curtain comprising a body, rod-receiving pockets at both ends ofsaid body, end rufiles projecting outwardly from the top and bottom,respectively, of each pocket and extending substantially throughout thelength of the latter, the inner ruflies being of a width tosubstantially cover the adjacent pockets, respectively, and at least oneside ruflle on said body joining said inner rufiies.

8. A curtain comprising a body having hems at both ends to serve asrod-receiving pockets, and projecting ruiiies attached to the top andbottom, respectively, of each pocket and extending substantiallythroughout the length of the latter.

'9. A curtain comprising a body having hems at both ends to serve asrod-receiving pockets, projecting end ruffies attached to the top andbottom, respectively, of each pocket and extending substantiallythroughout the length of the latter, and at leastone side rufile on saidbody joining the inner ones of said end ruflles. I

FREDERICK s. NICHOLS.

